Northwest (
NW or
N.W.) is the northwestern
quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the
United States, and is located north of the
National Mall and west of
North Capitol Street. It is the largest of the four quadrants of the city (NW,
NE,
SW and
SE), and it includes the
central business district, the
Federal Triangle, and the museums along the northern side of the National Mall, as well as such neighborhoods as
West End,
Petworth,
Dupont Circle,
LeDroit Park,
Georgetown,
Adams Morgan,
Embassy Row,
Glover Park,
Tenleytown,
Foggy Bottom,
Cleveland Park,
Columbia Heights,
Mount Pleasant,
the Palisades,
Shepherd Park,
Crestwood,
Bloomingdale,
Takoma and
Friendship Heights.